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Micro-Grant for Awesome Projects is a grant from The Awesome Foundation that provides $1,000 micro-grants on a monthly basis to individuals and teams with creative, unconventional, or community-forward ideas. Founded in Boston in 2009, The Awesome Foundation is a global network of self-organizing chapters, each pooled from roughly ten volunteer micro-trustees who contribute their own funds.
Grants are awarded no-strings-attached — the Foundation takes no ownership or stake in funded projects. The application process is intentionally simple and open to a wide range of ideas. To date, the Foundation has awarded over $7.
6 million to more than 7,650 projects worldwide, making it one of the most accessible grassroots funding opportunities available for creative and civic innovation.
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Forwarding the interest of Awesome in the universe, $1,000 at a time. SPPS Online School: Being Heard Online Puerto Ricans of the Baltimore Elite Giants Expanding School Snacks: Fueling More Youth Animal Assisted Therapy: Miniature Horse By Rhiya Armogan and Aarya Armogan Minnesota Warmline: Providing Peer Support $7,650,000 Granted 7650 projects funded Have a crazy brilliant idea that needs funding? We award $1,000 grants every month .
It couldn't be simpler! Your idea is yours alone. We don't want a stake in it.
We just want to help you make it happen! Apply now for an Awesome Foundation grant! The Awesome Foundation is an ever-growing worldwide community devoted to forwarding the interest of awesome in the universe.
Created in the long hot summer days of 2009 in Boston, the Foundation distributes $1,000 grants, no strings attached, to projects and their creators. At each fully autonomous chapter, the money is pooled together from the coffers of ten or so self-organizing “micro-trustees” and given up front in cash, check, or gold doubloons.
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According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Open to anyone with a creative project idea. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows $1,000. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Micro-Grant for Awesome Projects accepts applications on a rolling basis — there is no single fixed deadline. Check the official notice for any cycle-specific review dates.
Micro-Grant for Awesome Projects is funded by The Awesome Foundation. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
Applications go through the funder's official portal — the Apply Now link on this page goes there directly.